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The Nevada Legislature's finance committees met Saturday to finalize the budget for Medicaid. Like much else in Carson City these days, it looks like…

Democrats in the Nevada Legislature have finally rolled out their plan to raise $1.5 billion in additional revenue to restore cuts to education and social…

Gov. Bob Miller faced a recession in the early 1990s shortly after he had taken office. But, he says, he insisted on the Legislature funding smaller class…

One of most contentious issues in this year's legislature is how to reform education in Nevada. A couple of bills that were recently passed in the…

Governor Brian Sandoval is proposing a 33% cut to the state budget, which means state institutions like the University of Nevada, Reno, have to make cuts.…

As Senate Majority leader, Sen. Harry Reid has been at the center of negotiations to avert a budget shutdown. The crisis was only resolved at the eleventh…

Hiding in plain sight in Gov. Sandoval's budget are cuts to the Medicaid program. The federal government pays more than 50 percent of all Medicaid costs…

UNLV will have to cut more than $32 million from its budget if Gov. Brian Sandoval's budget is adopted by the State Legislature. This round will see…

The Congress is struggling to agree about a budget for the rest of this year. And the dispute is coming down to the wire. At the center of this fight is…

Gov. Brian Sandoval has called for a reduction of $270 in the state's per pupil spending. He's also called for a series of reforms to improve education.…